it's been a while
I don't really know why I haven't posted anything in the (almost) two months since I've been back from my project in Norway. I just always had something else to do, or was really tired because of whatever else I'd been doing. Anyway.
Uh, Norway was hard, but good. I learned how to say beer (øl), cheese (øst), chicken (kylling, pronounced "schilling"), and thanks (tak) in Norwegian. I met some snazzy folks from a variety of countries, including a couple of fabulous knitting ex-pats from the US. It was cold and rainy for the first 4 weeks, and then alternately sunny and mild interspersed with chilly and drizzly for the last 2 and a half weeks. Once the sun made it's springtime entrance, Norway just blossomed. it was like the entire country woke up. Everybody spent all the daylight hours outside, even when it was really windy and cold. It was just another reason to have an extra beer or buy a new scarf. It was really wonderful to be walking outside in daylight at 9:30pm. It was hard to be one of a handful of people from English speaking countries, but on the flipside EVERYONE in Norway speaks english. Really, everyone. Most people on the project also spoke english, so I had some great discussions ranging everywhere from trying to decipher the TV show, Lost to US foreign policy. I bought some great yarn and I've just started knitting it into a great Teva Durham oversized sweater. And now I'm home.
So let's raise a glass to me breaking the cycle of neglecting my blog. Oh, and I almost forgot. It was soooo expensive In Oslo that I couldn't afford to drink and have since lost all my tolerance. So I'll just have a very small drink.
Uh, Norway was hard, but good. I learned how to say beer (øl), cheese (øst), chicken (kylling, pronounced "schilling"), and thanks (tak) in Norwegian. I met some snazzy folks from a variety of countries, including a couple of fabulous knitting ex-pats from the US. It was cold and rainy for the first 4 weeks, and then alternately sunny and mild interspersed with chilly and drizzly for the last 2 and a half weeks. Once the sun made it's springtime entrance, Norway just blossomed. it was like the entire country woke up. Everybody spent all the daylight hours outside, even when it was really windy and cold. It was just another reason to have an extra beer or buy a new scarf. It was really wonderful to be walking outside in daylight at 9:30pm. It was hard to be one of a handful of people from English speaking countries, but on the flipside EVERYONE in Norway speaks english. Really, everyone. Most people on the project also spoke english, so I had some great discussions ranging everywhere from trying to decipher the TV show, Lost to US foreign policy. I bought some great yarn and I've just started knitting it into a great Teva Durham oversized sweater. And now I'm home.
So let's raise a glass to me breaking the cycle of neglecting my blog. Oh, and I almost forgot. It was soooo expensive In Oslo that I couldn't afford to drink and have since lost all my tolerance. So I'll just have a very small drink.